Creature maneuver

Creature maneuvers are offensive maneuvers that are only available to creatures, not available to player characters. These attacks do not show an open roll.

Such maneuvers include:

• the tail sweep of the cave lizard, three-toed tegu, and the snow madrinol
• a soul golem's steam push
• an Illoke's ground stomp
• an Ithzir adept's lightning mote
• a war griffin's ride of doom

Protection

There are several attributes which can mitigate damage from creature maneuvers:

Race modifier

Certain races receive a bonus to dodging maneuver attacks, with smaller racers generally having the larger bonus. Races not listed on the following table are considered to have an average ability to dodge maneuvers.

Best:	Burghal Gnomes
Excellent:	Halflings, Forest Gnomes, and Elves
Good:	Half-Elves, Dark Elves, Sylvankind, Erithians, and Aelotoi

Training

Sidebox: Armor Penalty

"The armor penalty is a relatively significant factor. For a character exactly trained for full plate at cap, it contributes a penalty a little bit above the difference between 1x and 2x PF. Overtraining in armor to reduce the action penalty and/or using Armored Evasion can reduce the maneuver penalty by a fairly significant amount, however."

- GM Coase

• Physical Fitness - Physical Fitness is the primary skill for defense against standard creature maneuvers.
• Combat Maneuvers - Combat Maneuvers is twice as effective as perception in defensive and operates on a sliding scale until they are equal in offensive.
• Perception
• Shield Use - Shield Use factors into creature maneuvers that can be blocked by a shield.

Additionally, Armor Use can provide a bonus by reducing the action penalty.

Statistics

• Dexterity
• Agility

Spells

The following spells provide bonuses to evading maneuvers:

• Heroism (215)
• Prayer (313)
• Temporal Reversion (540) (randomly triggered)
• Mobility (618)
• Song of Luck (1006) (randomly triggered)
• Empathic Focus (1109)
• Premonition (1220)
• Dauntless (1606)

The following spells provide bonuses to blocking maneuvers:

• Spirit Barrier (102)
• Wall of Force (140)
• Elemental Barrier (430)
• Elemental Deflection (507)

Stance

Defensive stance is best.

Condition

A character's present condition also has an effect on their defenses. Low spirit will penalize the target, as well as certain types of injuries and scars.

References

• Stronghold Bowels information (saved post)
• Creature maneuver (saved post)